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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael A. Parrotta, Churchville, PA (US);
Robert L. Flowers, Coatesville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westvaco Packaging Group, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/314 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/314 ;
Abstract
An electronic article surveillance tag is described, in which a resonant circuit tuned to be detectable by a sensor is fabricated onto the upper and lower surfaces of a dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate includes a membrane that provides insulation between a first circuit component fabricated onto the upper surface of the dielectric substrate and a second circuit component fabricated onto the lower surface of the dielectric substrate. When a deactivation voltage is applied across the electronic article surveillance tag, the membrane fails, causing the resonant circuit to become detuned.